Grand Opening Anemone

[PeterEde]

Posted pics of this tiny nem last week.
It closes in a flash and slow to open.
This hyperlapse is over 3 minutes
https://youtube.com/shorts/vDLBwpd_51A?feature=share

 

[Jekyl]

@Eagle_Steve @Rtaylor @fishguy242

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

I'm not a nem expert by any means, so hopefully someone can tell if I'm way off base, but might it possibly be a Telmatactis sp. such as Telmatactis ternatana, T. decora, or T. panamensis?

 

[Jekyl]

@vetteguy53081 ?

 

[vetteguy53081]

Posted pics of this tiny nem last week.
It closes in a flash and slow to open.
This hyperlapse is over 3 minutes
https://youtube.com/shorts/vDLBwpd_51A?feature=share

Looks like either a ball anemone or majano but dont believe majano is that quick to close and ball is actually a mushroom with ball tips given its name

 

[PeterEde]

Looks like either a ball anemone or majano but dont believe majano is that quick to close and ball is actually a mushroom with ball tips given its name

I watched it close. A flash and gone. 1st time I saw it

 

[Rtaylor]

I'm not a nem expert by any means, so hopefully someone can tell if I'm way off base, but might it possibly be a Telmatactis sp. such as Telmatactis ternatana, T. decora, or T. panamensis?

I do see the resemblance with the stripes on the tentacles and the coloration around the mouth…I’m not familiar with this species of anemone, but if I had to make a call, I’d say probably not l, because I don’t see the ball on the tips of the tentacles.

 

[Rtaylor]

Posted pics of this tiny nem last week.
It closes in a flash and slow to open.
This hyperlapse is over 3 minutes
https://youtube.com/shorts/vDLBwpd_51A?feature=share

I don’t suppose you can get any still shots with better resolution? I know it might not be possible given it’s tiny size and location.

 

[Rtaylor]

I watched it close. A flash and gone. 1st time I saw it

Definitely not a ball anemone. It doesn’t have the ball on the tips of the tentacles. Do you have Florida live rock? If not, any other clues on the possible origin of the anemone?
Could be a majano or aptasia (though it doesn’t look like aptasia from what I can see).

 

[PeterEde]

Posted pics of this tiny nem last week.
It closes in a flash and slow to open.
This hyperlapse is over 3 minutes
https://youtube.com/shorts/vDLBwpd_51A?feature=share

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/anemone-of-some-kind.931743/

 

[Rtaylor]

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/anemone-of-some-kind.931743/

Thanks! Not a rock flower or a ball anemone. @Eagle_Steve might know off hand…

maybe Bunodosoma granulifera (warty anemone)?

 

[PeterEde]

Thanks! Not a rock flower or a ball anemone. @Eagle_Steve might know off hand

I'm thinking it's more a tide pool nem. The fast retraction is what you see when you touch a nem in a tide pool.

 

[Rtaylor]

I'm thinking it's more a tide pool nem. The fast retraction is what you see when you touch a nem in a tide pool.

I'm thinking it's more a tide pool nem. The fast retraction is what you see when you touch a nem in a tide pool.

A lot of anemones retract quickly. Tide pool nems are typically cooler water anemones….is there a way something like that would have made its way into your tank? Do you have any Florida live rock?

 

[PeterEde]

A lot of anemones retract quickly. Tide pool nems are typically cooler water anemones….is there a way something like that would have made its way into your tank? Do you have any Florida live rock?

Australian LR.